I am one with the levee and the levee with me

12 up on Galbraith with the crew. 89 minutes.

10 easy around Padden.

Track day! And the weather has hit full summer mode as of today. 70 degrees and sunny. Gotta love it.

I struggled some in this workout, which I think is safe to say was due to Saturday's race and pulling an all nighter last night to get some school work done. Still a good workout, I just definitely wasn't firing on all cylinders.

It started out fine with 2x1600m in 4:46. Sam told me to do 3 16s if I felt good and end with 2x800, but I could tell by the end of the 2nd that breaking it up would be best. So I did 4 more 800s. 2:22, 2:23, 2:28, 2:24. Then a 100m jog (~30s) and then a fast 300m in 47. I developed a side ache on that 3rd 800 that slowed me some. I wanted to hit them all in 2:22 or faster. But no worries, I just need some rest and things will be back to normal.

As usual, 2:1 rests on everything.

Easy loop around Whatcom.

4 mile tempo on the Urb. Did my usual warmup and got underway. The first mile was a little hot (5:15), and I got nervous about still being tired, so I wimped out a little and backed off. I don't remember what the turnaround time was. I reached 3 miles in 16:02 and decided I'd make sure I went under 5:20 pace. 2:38 and 2:32 for the last 2 halves for a 5:10 final mile. 21:12 total time. The last half is ever so slightly downhill, but that was still a surprise. I think it's time to go back to the fearless training mode, embracing the discomfort rather than shying away from it. I've given myself a couple workouts to recover from the race, and I should be good to go now.

I took about 4 minutes rest and then did 6x30s with 1:00 rests at roughly mile pace.

Easy loop around Padden.

8 easy. Been feeling exhausted, so I postponed the workout for tomorrow.